Things didn't go quite as planned yesterday from CP39. The plane was late
and we arrived only 5 minutes before the start of the first HO-68 pass. I
grabbed my bags and quickly put together the Arrow and got set up. The
weather was warm and sunny but the wind was gusting to 25 knots. I had a
hard time hearing the downlink over the roar of the wind, I kept losing
the page in my log book, and I had to miraculously sprout a third arm to
keep the tripod, antennas, and radios from blowing over. To make matters
worse, I still have a loose connection on the uplink radio antenna jack
which needed to be held just right to get the RF up to the bird. Somehow
I still managed to get a dozen contacts in the log and about the same
number later on the second pass (which didn't go much better than the
first for all the same reasons). I finished my work and caught an earlier
flight home so I didn't make the AO-51 pass.
Things are still on for tomorrow from CP28. There's no option for an
early return so I'll definately be on for all the scheduled passes.
73
John - VE8EV
> The last AO-51 pass on Thursday from CP28 should read 0115z-0130z
>> John - VE8EV
>> (corrected schedule below)
>>> I'll be travelling tomorrow (Aug 17) to Tuktoyaktuk, NT and will be
>> active
>> on
>> the following passes as VE8EV/P from CP39 :
>>>> Time-On Time-Off Satellite Coverage Area
>>>> 1620z 1635z HO-68 Europe, North America
>> 1808z 1826z HO-68 Europe, North America
>> 2138z 2152z AO-51 North America
>>>> and then on Thursday (Aug 19) to Aklavik, NT in CP28:
>>>> 1734z 1752z HO-68 Europe, North America
>> 1923z 1930z HO-68 Europe
>> 2111z 2120z HO-68 Europe
>> 2159z 2212z AO-51 North America
>> 2336z 2351z AO-51 North America
>> 0115z 0130z AO-51 North America
>>>> 73
>> John - VE8EV
>>>>